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Robeson has been under the radar compared with Chicago Public League heavyweights Simeon and Morgan Park. But the Raiders made their own statement Friday with a 39-7 victory against Fenger to open Land of Lincoln Conference play at Stagg High School in Palos Hills. Junior quarterback/cornerback Jarvis Wright threw two touchdown passes and recovered a fumble at Fenger's 5-yard line in the second quarter to set up another score for Robeson (4-0). The Raiders outgained Fenger 341-39, had 14 tackles for loss and didn't allow a first down until there were 7 minutes, 5 seconds left in the game.

In September they were two teens heading into senior year. Vashion "B.J. " Bullock and Montrell Truitt lived in the same neighborhood on the Far South Side, were classmates at Fenger High School and were being raised by the firm hands of protective mothers. Two weeks into the school year their paths diverged. Both were swept into a deadly brawl among Fenger students that was caught on video and broadcast to the world. Sixteen-year-old Derrion Albert lost his life and five teens were locked up in his murder.

During his four years at Hinsdale Central High School, Vinay Nayak racked up a transcript of straight A's, never earning less than an A-minus. But Nayak's real passion lies in motivating other teenagers to become politically active and socially conscious. After the beating death of Fenger High School student Derrion Albert in Chicago, Nayak organized a mentoring program that bused Hinsdale students to South Side schools. Next month, the Chicago students will travel to Hinsdale for swimming lessons.

Fenger High School Principal Elizabeth Dozier had lost students to violence before. But on Sept. 24, just a month into a new year at a new school, the young principal lost another one. This time was different. When Derrion Albert was punched, stomped and beaten to death with wooden planks in a brawl that was captured on video, it caused international outrage and sorrow. The footage reignited concern over youth violence, created a media frenzy at the school and beckoned two White House Cabinet officials.

Fenger High School Principal Elizabeth Dozier had lost students to violence before. But on Sept. 24, just a month into a new year at a new school, the young principal lost another one. This time was different. When Derrion Albert was punched, stomped and beaten to death with wooden planks in a brawl that was captured on video, it caused international outrage and sorrow. The footage reignited concern over youth violence, created a media frenzy at the school and beckoned two White House cabinet officials.

A South Side teenager pleaded not guilty Tuesday in the infamous fatal beating last fall of a Fenger High School student. Authorities alleged Lapoleon Colbert, 19, beat and kicked Derrion Albert, 16, in front of a Roseland community center soon after the school day ended on Sept. 24. Colbert was the fifth teen to be charged in the attack, which was captured on video and sparked outrage nationwide.

A fifth teen charged with murder in the beating death of Fenger High School student Derrion Albert was in the second of two groups caught on videotape beating and kicking him. Lapoleon Colbert confessed in a videotaped statement to being part of the attack, prosecutors said Wednesday. Colbert, 19, was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in connection to the Sept. 24 death in front of a Roseland community center soon after the school day ended, according to Sally Daly, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney's office.

A man charged in the slaying of a Fenger High School student last week was released from prison just two weeks before the fatal shooting, records show. Randall White, 42, was denied bail Tuesday in the Dec. 30 slaying of Fred Couch Jr., 16, outside a South Side convenience store. Authorities said the shooting came after the two had exchanged looks earlier that night. White, who has a lengthy history of convictions for gun, drug and auto theft crimes, was paroled Dec. 16 after serving 2 1/2 years of a six-year prison sentence for a weapons conviction.

Kermilia Wellington, a senior at Fenger High School, wants to go to Southern Illinois University next year, but she doesn't have access to a computer to fill out the online application. "It's too late to apply to most schools. If I can't do it in time, I'm going to the Navy," said Wellington, 18, whose neighborhood library in the Altgeld Gardens public housing complex has been closed since it flooded in March. The closest library is now two bus rides away, she said. Wellington was among 20 Fenger students who showed up at Mayor Daley's office Wednesday to protest the lack of a neighborhood library and school.